[USCC] Fwd: USDA Proposes to Add 20 Items to its list of Biobased Products which would be afforded Federal Procurement Preference

[Jim McNelly]

>*   USDA Proposes to Add 20 Items to its list of Biobased Products 
>which would be afforded Federal Procurement Preference - The USDA 
>Office of Energy Policy and New Uses has published two notices of 
>Proposed Rulemaking upon which public comments are due by October 
>16, 2006 that would designate the following 20 items as Federal 
>procurement preferences: 2-Cycle engine oils; lip care products; 
>biodegradable films; stationary equipment hydraulic fluids; 
>biodegradable cutlery; glass cleaners; greases; dust suppressants; 
>carpets; and carpet and upholstery cleaners; adhesive and mastic 
>removers; insulating foam for wall construction; hand cleaners and 
>sanitizers; composite panels; fluid-filled transformers; 
>biodegradable containers; fertilizers; metalworking fluids; 
>sorbents; and graffiti and grease removers - USDA also is proposing 
>minimum biobased content for each of these items. Once USDA 
>designates an item, procuring agencies are required generally to 
>purchase biobased products within these designated items where the 
>purchase price of the procurement item exceeds $10,000 or where the 
>quantity of such items or the functionally equivalent items 
>purchased over the preceding fiscal year equaled $10,000 or more - 
>USDA OEPNU Contact: Marvin Duncan, USDA, Office of the Chief 
>Economist at 202 401 0461; 
><mailto:MDuncan at OCE.USDA.gov>MDuncan at OCE.USDA.gov - Information 
>about the Federal Biobased Products Preferred Procurement Program is 
>posted at 
><http://www.biobased.oce.usda.gov/>http://www.biobased.oce.usda.gov 
>- USDA OEPNU August 17 Federal Register proposed rules: 
><http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/06-6920.htm>http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/06-6920.htm 
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><http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/06-6922.htm>http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/06-6922.htm 
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